Cosmic ‘necklace’ of stars may have formed after powerful black hole outburst
by Nilima Marshall
Feb 21, 2024
2 minutes
A “necklace” of young star clusters around 3.8 billion light years from Earth may have formed following an extremely powerful outburst from a “monster” black hole, scientists say.
The intergalactic bling, with a pattern of stars that resemble beads on a string, is located in a massive galaxy cluster known as SDSS J1531.
At the heart of this gigantic
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